From St. Maya Cathedral to Grandma's Tavern, Joe and Virenia stared at each other with big eyes, and the carriage was quiet and no one said anything.

Sherlock held his small pipe along the way, just sucking and spitting out the clouds and mists, and was too lazy to deal with the two disciples who were secretly competing.

There was really nothing to say until the group came to the old grandmother's tavern. Ivan knocked on the door of the tavern with his fist. The group sat in the unopened tavern, and Joe and Virenya remained silent.

Qiao was still a little afraid of this pretty little woman.

Virenya was full of anger - she saw that Joe was a little distant about herself. This made Virenya feel full of resentment.

She is just a beautiful flower, and she is too lazy to pay attention to how many crazy bees and butterflies are swaying towards her.

This was the first time she met someone like Qiao, who ignored her and wanted to retreat... This made her feel frustrated, and at the same time she was secretly ruthless, hoping to get a few pieces of white meat on Qiao!

A bartender in a grandmother's tavern was yawning, rubbing his sour and swelling eyes hard, and humming at Qiao weakly: "Joe, you came too early, ah, which restaurant in the food street will not start business in the afternoon?"

Sighing, the bartender put down his hands and looked at Qiao weakly: "The masters in the kitchen have all gone home. They have not come yet. There are only a few workers who do part-time jobs. You must not eat what they cook... Only the drink pipe is enough... Uh..."

Joe patted his stomach and looked at the empty pub: "Then let's come to some hot bar. I'm not here to eat, I just find a place to chat... I'm in Heidra Fort, but I don't have any familiar places, so I came here."

The bartender shrugged, yawned, and walked towards the winery behind him.

Big Ivan blinked his big eyes and searched around the tavern without seeing any sight. After a while, he found a clean goat in a small warehouse. He greeted him with excitement, and several Lucian men following him smiled strangely. A group of people rushed into the kitchen, and soon the sound of pots and pans came.

The bartender came over with a bucket of gold label rum and slapped the barrel on the table in front of Joe. He pointed to the direction of the kitchen and squeezed his eyes at Joe: "Joe, you know what kind of thing you broke, and you will compensate for the 'original price'!"

Qiao raised his eyebrows, grabbed the little dragon head on the barrel, and snuggled it into the barrel with a 'silly'.

He grabbed a few wine glasses and put them under the faucet. While putting wine in the wine glass, Qiao deliberately raised his voice: "Don't worry, if you break something, you will definitely compensate you 'original price'... Big Ivan, I give him a salary of tens of thousands of gold marks every year. He has money and can afford it!"

The sound in the kitchen immediately became much lighter.

The murmur from Ivan faintly came: "Bastards, please be gentler, give me salt, and give me the can of spices... This tavern is a black shop, I will tell you, this is a black shop... If anyone breaks things, you will pay for your own money, don't think I will spend a baby for you!"

The bartender grinned, shook his head and turned away.

Joe placed the glass full of spirits in front of Sherlock and Virenia, and then raised the glass: "Go for our reunion in the capital... Ah, Mr. Sherlock, this Miss Virenia, really surprised me. I didn't expect that she and I would go out of the same school... Hohohoho!"

Qiao smiled dryly, and his laughter was quite as charming as Duke Ross.

Virenya's face suddenly turned dark. She raised her wine glass and hit the cup in Qiao's hand hard: "Teacher, you know, I'm just an ordinary opera actor, and this Young Master Qiao, look at him... Wow, the royal Hydera badge of the Derren Empire, and so many shiny things..."

"They have a noble status, powerful and powerful, they disdain me and pretend to be confused when they understand... A little person like me can't be attached to them." Virenya gave Joe a fierce look: "

Joe took a sip of wine, he glared at Virenya and said in a deep voice: "Yes, I pretended to be confused with my understanding... Miss Virenya, I dare not get too close to you. Last time for you, I offended a member of the Governor of the Lanyin River family, and even offended a member of the imperial royal family. I was even targeted by a shameless old guy, which caused me so much trouble later?"

Justice Weilun and Joe have a grudge because Joe helped Virenia at the Whisper Forest Club.

It was precisely because of this grudge that Joe took action against the Whisper Forest Club, which led to the desperate Justice Weilun and Bell Jong Bergman joining forces to frame Joe.

Qiao talked about what he had encountered recently, and in addition to the fact that he had indeed emptied the treasure house of the Whisper Forest Club and the source of the drawings, he explained the things he had encountered in detail.

Virenya couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Joe pointed to Virenya and said to Sherlock very seriously: "This woman is definitely a big trouble... If possible, I don't want to have any involvement with her again."

Sherlock rubbed his eyebrows vigorously, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Putting the wine glass heavily on the table, Sherlock looked at Joe, then looked at Virenya, and then shook his head: "I think this is a misunderstanding. These troubles are not Virenya's intention, she is also a victim... Joe, you have indeed taken on a lot of things for her, which is enough to highlight that you are a person who values ​​friendship."

"So, you need to support each other in the future." Sherlock shrugged his shoulders, looked at Joe who rolled his eyes, and Virenya who also rolled his eyes. He shook his head and said, "As Joe said, you are from the same school. Even if you cannot become the most determined ally, you should not become enemies... You can at least become partners in cooperation with each other."

Joe looks at Virenya.

Virenia looks at Joe.

The two of them looked at Sherlock at the same time and asked in unison: "What are you here in the imperial capital?"

Sherlock looked around.

In the tavern, only the people brought by Joe sat scattered around, and the table by the window was a little distance away, and there was a large area around. On the street outside the tavern, except for a group of municipal workers shoveling snow, the whole street was empty, with only a dozen cold-resistant sparrows squatting on the corner.

"Joe, this is what you triggered." Sherlock lowered his voice: "You captured Lovna, the princess of the Lucia Empire. This is a trivial matter, not worth mentioning... But you took the clue of the treasure of the Knights of the Suffering Order from her."

Qiao raised her eyebrows: "Ah? You came for that so-called treasure?"

Sherlock shook his head: "Not me, I have no interest in this treasure, I am not short of money. On the contrary, some investments and fixed properties in the Kingdom of Ice Sea, the Kingdom of Santa Cia, and the United Kingdom of Nice are enough to make me carefree and live my life like a rich king."

Qiao whistled softly... He was not interested in treasures, he was not short of money... Oh, oh, Sherlock had the confidence to say such things, and Qiao suddenly became very interested in how much wealth he had.

Put the wine glass under the head of the barrel, fill yourself with a glass of wine, and Sherlock took a sip of the wine.

"The Ice Sea King's royal family, especially the old lady on the throne now, and the people around her, firmly believe that they are the most orthodox heirs of this treasure... As the special counsel of the royal family, as a bad guy with a little bit of royal blood, I was ordered to cooperate with the prince George, the prince's grandson, to get back this treasure."

Sherlock shrugged helplessly: "What a bad task, isn't it? In the greedy and cruel Hydra's nest, I'm trying to get the prey they have eaten into their mouths... I'm mentally prepared for the failure of the task."

"Lovna's husband, Prince George?" Qiao vaguely remembered this: "Is he in the Derren Empire?"

Sherlock coughed lightly: "Headra Fort he arrived at yesterday, he sneaked in secret and entered here as an ordinary merchant. He has not officially informed the official of the Delun Empire."

Joe blinked at Sherlock: "What can I help you with this?"

Sherlock pointed to the Royal Hydra badge on Joe's neckline, and then the Black Forest Defender's Medal hanging on his left chest: "Perhaps, when facing some kind of dilemma, you can become a backup channel for us to communicate with the top leaders of the Derren Empire... Of course, this is not the main reason why I look for you."

"You have any other tasks?" Virenya, who was sitting beside him, siping wine in a small sip, asked softly.

"Ah, this mission is the main reason why I ask you for help." Sherlock sighed: "The order from Al, I must obtain one of the things in the treasure, if it exists, I must obtain it. This is not an ordinary mission, but a test of promotion."

"I am Al's 22-level sword-holding man. I stand inside the Golden Gate. I have seen the light of truth at a higher level." Sherlock's thin face turned slightly red, and his deep eyes were flashing with a shiny light: "I want to bathe in the true light of truth...not just see, but be in it."

"Walking into the Golden Gate, there are only three opportunities for each level of improvement." Sherlock said in a deep voice: "Having the Golden Gate has the ability to enter the Golden Gate, proving that your wisdom, your abilities, and the power you master are far beyond the world and beyond the mortals... The Golden Gate represents incomparable power and represents approaching perfection... Therefore, if a person in the Golden Gate wants to be promoted, he needs to be tested by truth."

"Each level, there are only three chances."

"If you fail three times, it proves... you are flawed, and you can only be confined to this level for the rest of your life and never be able to improve."

"I failed once ten years ago. This is my second chance, and I have to catch it." Sherlock looked at Joe and then at Virenya: "I hope you can use all your strength to help me complete this test."

Joe frowned: "What is your test this time? What is the thing you are going to get?"

Sherlock lowered his voice again.
Chapter completed!